India has crossed the threshold of 300,000 deaths from Covid-19, becoming the third country in the world to achieve this death toll, behind the United States and Brazil, as the pandemic continues to rage in this vast country. 1.3 billion inhabitants.
According to the Ministry of Health, the total number of deaths stands at 303,720 - including 50,000 in just under two weeks - and the cumulative number of contaminations exceeds 26.7 million cases.
For several weeks, the country has regularly recorded a daily record number of contaminations and deaths.
In the past 24 hours, India has recorded 4,454 deaths from the virus, the second heaviest daily toll - a record 4,529 deaths were recorded on Wednesday.
Many experts believe that the real figures are arguably largely underestimated, especially as the epidemic has spread beyond major cities, into rural areas where hospitals are scarce and registers poorly kept. .
Across this vast nation, the devastating wave of Covid-19 has engulfed hospitals, resulting in a shortage of oxygen and essential medicines.
Crematoriums and cemeteries were also overwhelmed.
According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) presented on Friday, the pandemic has so far caused "about 6 to 8 million" direct and indirect deaths.
With AFP
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